Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Michael Hirsh
Publication Date
March 2022
Date
May 2008
Abstract
Leonard Lubin was an artilleryman in the 71st Infantry Division, which liberated Wels, a sub-camp of Mauthausen, on May 4, 1945. In this interview, he provides a detailed description of finding and entering the camp. Lubin was responsible for bringing the prisoners back to the camp, an attempt to organize them so that relief efforts could begin. He also discusses his reactions to the prisoners and to Germans, and his opinions about the war. After not talking about the Holocaust for fifty years, Lubin began giving interviews and speaking at schools. He was an attorney with his own practice for many years. Leonard Lubin died in 2009. Interview conducted on May 21, 2008 and May 27, 2008.
Keywords
World War II (1939-1945), Holocaust (1939-1945), Concentration camps, Concentration camps--Liberation, Jewish veterans, Veterans, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, United States. Army. Infantry Division 71st, Wels (Concentration camp)
Extent
02:10:15; 49 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Wels (Austria)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
C65-00081
Recommended Citation
Lubin, Leonard, "Leonard Lubin Oral History Interview" (2022). Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project. 69.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/concentration_OH/69
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